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Job overview

TWA, Trafford, Withington and Altrincham hospitals are a division of Manchester Foundation Trust and the Facilities staff employed provide an integral service to the smooth running of the Division. We are now looking for staff to work at our Withington Division on the hospital site and occasionally at Buccleuch Lodge Intermediate Care Unit and Dermot Murphy Centre to help us to continue to deliver excellent support services.

As a Facilities Assistant you will deliver a full and comprehensive cleaning and portering service to the clinics within the main Withington site as well as our intermediate in-patient care Facilities at Buccleuch Lodge and Dermott Murphy where we also provide a meal service. The role will also involve providing catering services at the hospital café, Dermot Murphy and Buccleuch Lodge when required. 

As we are a hospital facility the successful candidates may also be expected to work on bank holidays and weekends.

Main duties of the job

·       Provision of cleaning services within a Hospital/Healthcare environment whilst working closely with Ward/Department staff to ensure a high-quality service provision.

·       To provide facilities services such as catering, linen, and portering to ensure the seamless delivery of facilities services.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. 

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. 

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022. 

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. 

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.